Young & Sick's Album and Instagram Artwork

After creating album covers for stars such as Foster the People, Maroon 5 and Robin Thicke, Nick Van Hofwegen, working under the name Young & Sick, is using his vibrant designs to draw attention to his own music.

March 27, 2014 9:49 p.m. ET

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Nick Van Hofwegen, working under the name Young & Sick, says he puts equal emphasis on his music and his drawings that mark every song release, Instagram post and piece of merchandise. Pictured, the cover of Young & Sick's debut album.
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The cover Mr. Von Hofwegen drew for Foster the People's debut album led to jobs designing covers for other high-profile releases.
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Cover art for Foster the People's 'Supermodel' album
In January, this design by Young & Sick became a 148-foot-tall mural in downtown Los Angeles.
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Art for Maroon 5's 'Overexposed' album
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Art for Mikky Ekko's 'Kids' album
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Cover art for Robin Thicke's 'Blurred Lines' album.Young & Sick…

Since the premiere of the first Young & Sick song in 2012, Mr. Van Hofwegen has introduced a menagerie of cartoonish figures. He uses his Grateful Bat character to make announcements about Young & Sick on Instagram and Facebook.
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One of the characters from Young & Sick's Instagram feed is called Tony the Bisexual Alpaca
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Mr. Van Hofwegen marks most Saturdays with a new pineapple drawing on his Instagram feed.
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